{"id":4152,"date":"2013-08-18T14:50:08","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T11:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klubasklasika.lt\/?p=4152"},"modified":"2017-11-02T17:58:05","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T15:58:05","slug":"birzai-2013-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klubasklasika.lt\/en\/2013\/08\/18\/birzai-2013-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Antique Vehicle Show \u201cBir\u017eai 2013\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the 2-4th of August Bir\u017eai Town Festival was joined by Antique vehicles club \u201cKlasika\u201d, successfully existing for five years. In the Saturday afternoon, August 3, an impressive column of historical technical parade participants were driving along the long streets of town to Bir\u017eai Airclub.
\nUpon arrival to the festival, the parade participants lined up for the exhibition and really surprised everyone who knows the technique and the rest of humanity by shiny fords and cadillacs, mercedeses and skodas, as the sun yellow sports corvette, military jeeps, fire truck, antique motorcycles, tractors, steam engines and other engineering wonders, not to mention about the history replicating stylish and theatrical crews whose members had to reply to a number of exhibition visitors questions, pose for photos, give interviews according to the character image .
\nA stylish pair, dressed in World War II American aviation service uniforms in the military vehicle Willys MB, produced in 1943, attracted a lot of the attention in the Festival. There were Juris Gagainis, a professor of Latvian Art Academy of Design Faculty with his wife. The interview with guests revealed that the ancient technique club “Klasika” is well-known in Latvia too. The professor got interested in Bir\u017eai Festival by his colleagues who participated in the club events last year. Juris Gagainis really liked the atmosphere of celebration and honest, a lot of questioning, interested festival goers. About his military vehicle professor said that the U.S. handed a lot of such cars \u2013 war participants on the Soviet Union. But now there is not much left, although it was produced in thousands.\"\"<\/a>
\nKaunas resident Gintautas Mi\u0161kinis, drives Packard 333 Limousine, 1925. Love for vehicles has been accompanying him from childhood. About an antique car, he had been dreaming since he was 23 years old. He already managed to buy this historic luxury limousine only at the age of fifty years.
\nThe car had belonged to a priest in the United States for 40 years and had seen not many roads. The owner said that it rolls nicely and it is a pleasure to feel the atmosphere of those times. In the eyes of our time, these cars are quite capricious \u2013 you need to take care of leaded additives for gasoline.
\n\"\"<\/a>Lithuanian Classic car club member Alfredas Zigmantas from Paneve\u017eys got interested in antique vehicles a decade ago. Currently, he owns a collection of 12 cars. He came to the exhibition in Bir\u017eai by a Cadillac – Fleetwood, being glad that’s fun to drive convertible. And while the car is manufactured in 1963, it has an automatic gearbox, is fully electrically controlled.
\n\u201cKlasika\u201d Club member Klementas Sakalauskas not only showed a rare car Nash 660, produced in 1931, to participants of exhibition, but also a vintage gramophone and record-players collection. While the music box sounds attracted the visitors, the owner warmly invited everyone to see more such exhibits in the Museum in Piniava, Panevezys district.
\nKaunas Wholesale trade company (\u201cUrmo baz\u0117\u201d) brought very rare exhibits: an impressive tractor Lanz Bulldog D-1531 produced in 1936, undersized replica of the steam machine Burell which is still running and Ford T car, 1924, was driven by the director Algis Pa\u0161ukevi\u010dius himself.
\nThere were eye-catching crews of a club \u201cKlasika\u201d member Dalius Linkevi\u010dius dressed in Soviet militia uniforms and officers and soldiers in Nazi uniforms from Military history and Theatrical events club \u201cWiking\u201d.\"\"<\/a>
\nThe exhibition reaffirmed that historical-car-minded people look at their hobby widely – not only purchase, restore it, but also promote the interest in it, participate in festivals, establish museums, make friends with their neighbours. Club \u201cKlasika\u201d Director Egidijus Einoris said that 18 stylish cars from Riga Motor Museum and the Antique Automobile Club of Latvia (AAK) came to this festival . In the parade-exhibition, there were 70 historical technical participants-exhibits: 58 cars, 7 motorcycles, one truck, two tractors and two steam engines. Nineteen participating exhibits were produced in the interwar period. Club \u201cKlasika\u201d has actively been organising antique vehicles exhibitions in Lithuania since 2008, at the same time participating in Bir\u017eai town and region cultural life, this time the interest of festival participants was caused by bringing together some really rare cars from various cities in Lithuania and Latvia.
\nAfter the exhibition, the column of antique vehicles turned from Bir\u017eai Airclub towards Vink\u0161niniai village where a private party was held in Al\u0117 Pod\u0117nien\u0117 farmstead to honour the participants and the club \u201cKlasika\u201d five-year birthday commemoration. After dinner and tasting Bir\u017eai beer and kvass, the participants were awarded with diplomas and memorable gifts. Dainius Petrulis arrived by the oldest motorcycle in the exhibition Douglas EW350, made in 1926. Alfreds Zamockis won the award of the oldest car with Oldsmobile 30A, 1923. The most interesting car was found Gintautas Mi\u0161kinis\u2019 Packard 333 Limousine, made in 1925. Juris Gagainis\u2019 crew, arrived in Willys MB, 1943, was elected as the most stylish and adequate vehicle time crew. Algirdas Bu\u0161auskas with VW Kaefer, 1970, and Gintaras Maksimavi\u010dius with Moskvich 408, 1966, from Vilkavi\u0161kis earned awards as the visitors who came the farthest.\"\"<\/a>
\nThe antique vehicles club \u201cKlasika\u201d received a lot of greetings and respect for festival organising. On the occasion of five-year birthday, the members of club \u201cKlasika\u201d were greeted by representatives of Clasical vehicle club G.Zi\u010dkus, S.Zajarskas and A.Zigmantas; A.Bu\u0161auskas and G. Maksimavi\u010dius from Vilavi\u0161kis, a collegue from Riga Motormuseum Valdis K\u013cavin\u0161, Jurmala historical vehicles parade organizer Maris Me\u017eapu\u0137e and other participants of the event.
\nAfter the solemn part of celebration, classical music rang. It was performed by Chicago Lithuanian opera singer Genovait\u0117 Bigenyt\u0117, a concertmaster Lina \u0160atkut\u0117 and Klaip\u0117da Musical Theatre soloist Mindaugas Gilys. Later they were changed by a rock group \u201cDreams\u201d and singer Irma Jurgelevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117. After midnight, fireworks and cheerful songs of announcer J\u016brate Garnelien\u0117 finished the celebration.<\/p>\n

Egidija Kaulakyt\u0117<\/div>\n

Dainius Nagel\u0117 photos<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t